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I can hear it now, kids laughing and singing, learning their ABC’s and counting up to ten. I can see small faces, some eager, some shy, coming to school for the first time and smiling as they are greeted by their teachers. Circle games, Bible memory verses, healthy snacks, dancing and playing…all happening in Shade’s […]

During Thanksgiving week this year, all of us at Shade took the opportunity to #lookback at 2019 and remember all of the reasons we have to be thankful. If you missed our posts on social media, here is a recap: Day One.It is the season of thankfulness. This week, let’s #lookback at all there is […]

Every person who has felt the harsh heat of the blistering African sun or experienced a sweltering hot July day in the U.S. knows the difference that shade can make. Shade provides a cool escape from the sun’s rays, a refuge from the heat, a place of refreshing and rest. For people with albinism in […]

Today in International Albinism Awareness Day!  In honor of today, we’d love for you to meet Yacinta. Yacinta has a passion for cooking. When I first met her, she had finished her formal education and needed a next step. Although the center where she was living had given her protection from the cruel outside world, […]

The two of them slowly made their way across the dry field, heading my way: a young woman traditionally dressed with a little boy in tow. Their pace was dictated by the blazing afternoon sun, their faces partially shaded by draped, patterned cloth.  They approached where I sat under the cover of a concrete gazebo, […]